Having never been afflicted by issues keeping weight off, maybe I'm just unsympathetic. Maybe I was lucky to eat and learn about healthy food while growing up, or to have developed a liking for activity. But for the government to spend time creating policies for people who can't make healthy decisions is absurd.
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Friday, December 29, 2006
Thursday, December 28, 2006
It's That Time Again
It's almost the end of another year, so it must be time to reflect and resolve. Here goes...
In 2006, I:
In 2007, I resolve to:
In 2006, I:
- Got engaged (1/28)
- Went to Vegas for the first time (3/4-3/6-ish)
- Went to Palm Desert/Palm Springs for the first time (3/7-3/10-ish)
- Moved out of my beloved Manhattan... and in with *gasp* a boy (4/15)
- Got a car for the first time since high school (5/20-ish)
- Met an awesome group of fellow Stevens grad students... finally! (Spring)
- Competed in the Empire State Games Trials for gymnastics... and qualified (6/8)
- Turned 25!! (6/14)
- Moved offices to Harborside from midtown (6/19-ish)
- Went on my first cruise, and saw Bermuda (7/3 - 7/9)
- Went to Mexico for the first time - Cabo San Lucas!! (7/29 - 8/1)
- Saw the first of my childhood friends get married in Buffalo (8/5)
- Went on my first solo business trip to Chicago (9/4 - 9/7)
- Finished classes for my Masters in Information Systems (MSIS) (9/26)
- Almost saw my first baseball playoff game at Yankee stadium... rain! (10/4)
- Left my first job after college (10/13)
- Started my "first job after my first job out of college", back in midtown (10/23)
- Went on a trapeze for the first time (10/27)
- Found my wedding dress! (11/2)
- Traveled to Vermont (5/28), Boston (6/10), Lake Placid (11/11), Myrtle Beach (12/2)
In 2007, I resolve to:
- Keep in better touch with friends
- Finally finish setting up the apartment
- Kick butt at work
- Go to the gym regularly
- Go to happy hour equally regularly
- Procrastinate less
- Save money
- Plan the best wedding ever!
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Pet Peeves, Part 3
3. When certain people sitting in the back of a bus think it's acceptable to walk to the front before the bus stops, cutting off people who are sitting in the front of the bus at the last stop, for example, on the NJ Transit buses whose routes terminate at Port Authority.
Is there no sense of order in the world? Haven't we been taught, since kindergarten days, that we should get off of a bus or train row by row, from front to back? Possibly, some of us have missed this critical stage of development.
If it's so important for you to be the first to disembark from the bus, why not stand at the front from the time you get on, and let someone else have the seat you took up? Or why not take a seat at the front of the bus? And if none are available, too damn bad. You only have to wait for 30 or so people to get off before you do, and if people stopped clambering over others to get off the bus, they might be able to do so faster.
Heathens, all of them.
Is there no sense of order in the world? Haven't we been taught, since kindergarten days, that we should get off of a bus or train row by row, from front to back? Possibly, some of us have missed this critical stage of development.
If it's so important for you to be the first to disembark from the bus, why not stand at the front from the time you get on, and let someone else have the seat you took up? Or why not take a seat at the front of the bus? And if none are available, too damn bad. You only have to wait for 30 or so people to get off before you do, and if people stopped clambering over others to get off the bus, they might be able to do so faster.
Heathens, all of them.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Where Has Self-Accountability Gone?
In yet another case of trying to protect the masses from themselves, one MTA board member, Mitch Pally, wants to eliminate bar cars on trains and the sale of alcohol at stations, claiming that people can drink too much, then drive home drunk from the train station.
Whatever happened to human responsibility? If I ride the train and have one beer, I know that I am well below the legal limit, completely sober, and as clear-minded as I can possibly be considering that I just spent 8-10 hours staring at a computer screen and dealing with all the stresses a corporate environment provides.
For that matter, what's the difference between going to happy hour before getting on the train and getting blitzed (you won't be sober by the time the train gets in) or driving to a bar after getting off the train?
Selling alcohol at the station is pure convenience. You can get a single beer, maybe a snack, and effectively take advantage of the time spent on the train to unwind. Would we rather someone grabs a six pack at a bodega on the way to the train and drinks that instead?
For every one person who makes headlines being an idiot, there are a couple hundred who use the service responsibly. Why remove a profitable service at the drop of a few idiots?
Article: Commuter Rails Drinking
Whatever happened to human responsibility? If I ride the train and have one beer, I know that I am well below the legal limit, completely sober, and as clear-minded as I can possibly be considering that I just spent 8-10 hours staring at a computer screen and dealing with all the stresses a corporate environment provides.
For that matter, what's the difference between going to happy hour before getting on the train and getting blitzed (you won't be sober by the time the train gets in) or driving to a bar after getting off the train?
Selling alcohol at the station is pure convenience. You can get a single beer, maybe a snack, and effectively take advantage of the time spent on the train to unwind. Would we rather someone grabs a six pack at a bodega on the way to the train and drinks that instead?
For every one person who makes headlines being an idiot, there are a couple hundred who use the service responsibly. Why remove a profitable service at the drop of a few idiots?
Article: Commuter Rails Drinking
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